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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Announcing The Texas Blogathon

The time has come for me to do another blogathon. Because I live in Texas, and Texas has been a state that time and again has been on the big screen, I proudly announce

The Texas Blogathon

People from Texas have the greatest pride in their state and I'm far from the least of them. I was raised in Texas and, apart from a few vacations and two summer stints in D.C. have spent almost my entire life in Texas. (It's a big state, and I live in the center of it so it takes a LONG time just to get out of it, for me...)

Hollywood has used Texas as a backdrop for hundreds, maybe even thousands of movies. And not just westerns. Plenty of movies with modern day settings take place in Texas. Texas is known for many things, some good (home of some of the most famous musicians in the world, including Willie Nelson, George Strait, ZZ Top, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin... the list is endless), some not so good (depending on your political perspective, but three presidents have hailed from Texas; four if you include Eisenhower, who was born in Texas, but raised elsewhere), and some bad (its the place where JFK was shot, among others).

For this blogathon, you only have only one real requirement. The movie (or TV show, if you prefer) has to take place in Texas or have been filmed in Texas. I am allowing that many low budget westerns were really filmed in the outskirts of Hollywood, and only "claim" to be taking place in Texas. And I am also allowing films that were filmed in Texas that don't claim to be set in Texas, as long as they don't, alternatively, claim to be taking place somewhere else on the planet. That last caveat means if you choose to review a sci-fi movie that takes place on another planet or in a fictional place on Earth, I will allow it, if it was principally filmed in Texas. To clarify with an example; Logan's Run takes place in some unnamed area of the U.S. but it was filmed in Dallas/Ft. Worth area, so it would qualify.

I would like a variety of movies, hence I will ask that you limit doubling up to a minimum. There are LOTS of movies to choose from in the Texas film oeuvre, so there is really no need to have dozens of entries on, say, Rio Bravo. So I ask that only two entries per movie be allowed. (My personal entry on John Wayne and his Texas connection in movies doesn't count as one. Therefore there are STILL two opportunities for any one, or more, of Wayne's Texas output.)

I would also like to thank, profusely, Hamlette at Hamlette's Soliloquy for taking time out of her busy day to provide me with a few banners. Check her blog page out and, also, make her (and me) proud by posting one of these banners on your blog.

I would like to list a few movies that could be suggestions as possible entries, but you are definitely not limited to these:

17 comments:

Do you realize how hard this decision is for me? I have just about an even dozen movies I would like to review for this. But ain't nobody got time for that. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... I'll go with Texas Across the River (1966).

Hi there, did a review on Dallas the original 78-91 tv series a wee while back, can I review that or does it have to be a new post (as you poss know a bit of a Dallas fan? Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews, https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/

PS BTW I haven't used that Dallas review for a blogathon before!PPS If not ok can I review the new series Dallas 2012 first episode as still to watch it,(but got the boxsets but havent gone for it yet)

I know I missed the last blogathon due to being sick but would love to jump back on the horse for this one. I would love to chat about Disney's Lone Ranger it says filmed in Texas not sure how much of it but he is the most famous Texas Ranger in my book :)

The subject matter is about a former Texas Ranger. And parts of it were filmed in Texas. (But as I said in my prologue, even if it were filmed elsewhere, but still claimed to be taking place in Texas, it passes.) I'll add it.